Indonesia's abstain vote over Iran sanction, who said our native elite feel inferior to Western nations
In the old time we even fought 3 western nations at one front (British/Australia/New Zealand) in which we were the one who started the conflict
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The conflict lasted nearly four years; however, following General
Suharto's replacement of Sukarno, Indonesian interest in pursuing the war with Malaysia declined, and combat eased. Peace negotiations were initiated during May 1966 before a final peace agreement was ratified on 11 August 1966.
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Although the Indonesians had conducted a few amphibious raids and an airborne operation against Malaya, the war remained limited throughout its duration and remained largely a land conflict. For either side to have escalated to large scale air or naval attacks "would have incurred disadvantages greatly outweighing the marginal military effect that they might have produced".
[50] The UK
Secretary of State for Defence at the time,
Denis Healey, described the campaign as "one of the most efficient uses of military forces in the history of the world".
[88] British Commonwealth forces peaked at 17,000 deployed in Borneo, with another 10,000 more available in Malaya and Singapore.
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The withdrawal parade in
Labuanfrom the
Royal Navy,
Royal Australian Navy and
Royal New Zealand Navy at the end of the confrontation after their successful mission.
Total British Commonwealth military casualties were 114 killed and 181 wounded, most of them Gurkhas.
[50] The losses included Gurkha casualties of 43 killed and 83 wounded, other British armed forces were a further 19 killed and 44 wounded, Australian casualties of 16 killed and 9 wounded (although only 7 were killed in action) and New Zealand casualties of 7 killed and another 7 wounded or injured.
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The remaining casualties were that of the Malaysian military, police, and Border Scouts. A significant number of British casualties occurred during helicopter accidents, including a Belvedere crash that killed several SAS commanders and a Foreign Office official, possibly a member of
MI6. A Wessex collision also killed several men from 2nd Parachute Battalion, and a Westland Scout crash, on 16 July 1964, near Kluang airfield, killed the two crewmen from 656 Sqn AAC. Finally, in August 1966, there remained two British and two Australian soldiers missing and presumed dead, with the Australians (both from the SASR) probably drowned while crossing a swollen river.
[91] The remains of a Royal Marine were recovered some 20 years later.[
citation needed] Altogether, 36 cilivians were killed, 53 wounded and 4 captured, with most being local inhabitants.
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Indonesian casualties were estimated at 590 killed, 222 wounded and 771 captured.
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